Review: Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke

Sour Candy Kealan Patrick Burke At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different from any other. They take walks in the park together, visit county fairs, museums, and zoos, and eat together overlooking the lake. Some might say the father is a little too accommodating…

Review: You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

You've Lost a Lot of Blood Eric LaRocca A disturbing new vision of terror from the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. "Each precious thing I show you in this book is a holy relic from the night we both perished-the night when I combed you from my hair and watered…

{ARC} Review: And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

And Then I Woke Up Malcolm Devlin "A scathing portrait of the world we live in and a running commentary on what’s story, what’s truth, and what’s not."—Stephen Graham Jones In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or…

{Audiobook} Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Beneath the Sugar Sky Wayward Children #3 Seanan McGuire Narrator: Michelle Dockrey Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children in a standalone contemporary fantasy for fans of all ages. At this magical boarding school, children who have experienced fantasy adventures are reintroduced…

{Audiobook} Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Down Among the Sticks and Bones Wayward Children #2 Seanan McGuire Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a…

{ARC Review} Prosper’s Demon by K.J. Parker

Prosper's Demon K.J. Parker In the pitch dark, witty fantasy novella Prosper's Demon, K. J. Parker deftly creates a world with vivid, unbending rules, seething with demons, broken faith, and worse men. In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don’t die, and we do.…

Audiobook Review: Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire // The first half was iffy, but dammit, I’m a fan🎧

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle…

Review: Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor || Revealed secrets and cliffhangers

Binti: HomeBinti #2Nnedi OkoraforIt’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she abandoned her family in the dawn of a new day.And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by…

Review: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor || A heart-racing adventure in 94 pages

BintiBinti #1 Nnedi OkoraforHer name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers…

Review: The Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember || A cool concept overshadowed by frustration

The Tiger's CurseAshes of Gold #1Julia EmberSixteen-year-old Tashi has spent their life training as a inhabitor, a soldier who spies and kills using a bonded animal. When the capital falls after a brutal siege, Tashi flees to a remote monastery to hide. But the invading army turns the monastery into a hospital, and Tashi catches…